Town annual reports of the officers of the town of Pepperell, Mass 1943, Part 3

Author: Pepperell (Mass.)
Publication date: 1943
Publisher: [Pepperell, Mass.] : [Town of Pepperell]
Number of Pages: 272


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Section 1. Each city and town Clerk shall receive or obtain and record * facts relative to birth's * * * in his city or town.


Section 3. Every physician or medical officer registered shall keep a record of the birth of every child in cases of which


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he was in charge and * shall, within fifteen days after such birth, mail or deliver to the clerk or registrar of the town where such birth occurred a report * * * If the child is illegiti- mate, the name and other facts relating to the father shall not be stater except at the request in writing of both father and mother filed *


* Upon presentation to him of a certificate of the town clerk stating that any such birth has been duly re- ported, the town treasurer shall pay to such physician or of- ficer a fee of twenty-five cents for each birth so reported. *


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* A physician or any such officer violating any provisions of this section shall forfeit not more than twenty-five dollars. *** A physician or any such officer violating any provisions of this section shall forfeit not more than twenty-five dollars. *


Section 4. A member or servant of a family in which a child is born, having knowledge of the facts required * * * shall furnish the same upon request of the clerk of the town or of any person authorized by him. (Penalty for refusal not more than ten dollars.)


Section 6. Parents, within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder within forty days after a birth in his house shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such child is born.


Section 8. (Penalty for neglect to comply with the pro- visions of Section 6, not more than five dollars.)


GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 207


Section 36. If a marriage is solemnized in another state between parties living in this Commonwealth, who return to dwell here, they shall within seven days after their return file with the clerk or registrar of town where either of them lived at the time of their marriage, a certificate or declaration of their marriage, including the facts required in a notice of in- tention of marriage.


Section 55. Whoever violates Section 36 shall forfeit ten dollars.


The Town Clerk hereby gives notice that she is prepared to furnish parents, householders, physicians, and registered hospital medical officers applying therefor with blanks for return of births as required by law.


IRENE S. LEARY,


Town Clerk.


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For the year 1943 I have issued


One Junk License.


Two Oleomargarine Licenses. Nine Gasoline Storage Permits.


Fees amounting to $41.00 have been paid by me to the Town Treasurer and I hold his receipts for same.


I have paid over to the Town Treasurer $89.20 on ac- count of dog licenses and hold his receipts for same.


I have paid over to the Division of Fisheries and Game $514.50 and hold their receipts for same.


Respectfully submitted, IRENE S. LEARY, Town Clerk.


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Report of Highway Surveyor


2 Conant Gravel Loaders


2 Adams Graders


2 Cement Mixers


+ Sidewalk Plows


2 Tar Kettles


2 Large Grease Guns


2 Patrol Scrapers


6200 ft. Snow Fence


1 Water Cart


12 Irons Bars


18 Picks


6 Scythes and Snaths


12 Mattocks


4 Iron Rakes


10 Forks


1 Basin Ladle


12 Snow Shovels 1 Self Propelling Nozzle


+ Brush Snips


4 Axes


1 Buffalo Springfield Roller


30 Street Brooms Various small tools


1 Holt Best Thirty Tractor


6 New Patrol Scraper Blades


6 New Adams Scraper Blades


20,000 1bs. Ice Salt


176.50


$ 347.50


Total expenditure of Highway Department of the town's money.


Snow and Ice $ 4,761.33


General Highway


2,410.04


Chapter 90 Maintenance


1,799.86


Chapter 81


406.63


Bridges


277.53


Town Dump


115.60


$ 15,520.99


There was no reimbursement from the State on gas tax in 1943.


General Highway


General Highway appropriated


$ 2,500.00


Central Grain Co.


$ 325.55


Hume Pipe of N. E.


113.24


George A. Shattuck


50.97


Arthur Bartlett


33.95


Traffic Road Equipment Co.


96.00


John Sartelle


23.20


64 Shovels of various types ? Extension Ladders


$ 75.00


96.00


Simonds X Saws


5 Road Drags


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Middlesex County Electric Co.


9.35


Robert Allison 5.05


John Hammond 30.00


William P. Proctor Co.


11.50


Massachusetts Broken Stone Co.


51.50


Steven West


25.00


John F. Jenkins


6.25


Arthur A. Charbonneau


2.10


Arthur C. Harvey Co.


2.82


John Boynton Estate


40.00


Sheldon Express


1.10


Pepperell Water Dept.


6.00


D. E. Weston


8.65


A. B. C. Motor Transportation Co.


1.11


Ernest Blood


24.00


C. G. Heald


2.00


$ 935.34


$ 1.564.66


W. E. Chapman Trucks


669.00


Frank Ford Truck


102.00


$ 111.00


$ 193.66


W. E. Chapman


145.50


Bernard Scott


12.80


William Clark


36.00


J. J. Sullivan


64.80


Louis A. Parker


88.20


Lemuel Lohnes


126.60


Joseph Murphy


88.20


Edward Drinan


28.80


Edward Fahey


45.60


William Prince


7.20


$ 703.70


Unexpended balance


$ 89.96


Snow and Ice removal appropriated


$ 5,000.00


San-Val Contracting Co.


$ 245.98


Roy Elliott


27.00


Silas Nokes


9.80


Central Grain Co.


370.00


C. B. Coburn Co.


145.20


$ 794.98


$ 4.202.02


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W. E. Chapman Trucks Frank Ford Truck


$ 1,775.35


479.50


M. J. Stratton Truck


195.00


47.50


Glenn Stavely Truck Ernest Blood Team


87.50


Victor Geiger Team


126.25


2,711.10 $


$


1,490.92


W. E. Chapman


$ 288.00


William Clark


219.30


J. J. Sullivan


188.40


Raymond Boutwell


24.00


Francis Melendy


12,60


Edward Fahey


67.45


George Hill


2.40


Henry Wilson


151.50


Harvey Rivers


3.00


Robert Granger


27.70


Earl Twitchell.


6,00


Roger Ryan


37.20


Carl Brew


6.60


Roger Shattuck


25.20


Carl Robbins


11.50


Joseph Gillett


3.50


Joseph Gilbert


8.00


Bernard Scott


91.00


Lester Blood


2.80


Alfred Hill, Jr.


9.00


Donald Geiger


18.00


Robert Geiger


8.80


Glenn Staveley


3.60


Thomas Hill


7.80


Alfred Hill


14.40


Louis A. Parker


14.40


$ 1,252.25


Unexpected balance


$ 238.67


Chapter 90 Maintenance Contract 8608 State $1.800.00 County $1.800.00 Town $2,500.00 Total


$


6,100.00


Massachusetts Broken Stone Co. $ 1.275.98


1563.70


Ernest Blood


24.50


Credit to Machinery Fund


97.00


$ 2,961.18


Koppers Company


$ 3,138.82


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WV. E. Chapman Trucks Frank Ford Trucks Glenn Staveley Tractor Mower


$ 575.50


565.50


161.50


$ 1,308.50


$ 1,830.32


W. E. Chapman


$ 111.00


Edward Fahey


168.30


Louis A. Parker


138.60


Louis E. Parker


52.20


William Clark


22.60


J. J. Sullivan


15.60


Edward Drinan


113.30


Joseph Murphy


121.80


William Prince


51.30


W. F. Dennen


13.20


Lemuel Lohnes


134.40


Bernard Scott


5.60


$ 1,129.90


$ 100.42


Chapter 81 Contract No. 3995


State $8.625.00. Town $5.750.00.


Total $ 14.3:5.00


Koppers Company


$ 3,200.08


Massachusetts Broken Stone Co.


1,310.50


Trimount Bituminous Products Co.


501.15


Roy Elliott


15.00


George L. Soucy


23.90


Ernest Blood


44.20


Credit to Machinery Fund


80.00


$ 5,174.83


$ 9,200.17


W. E. Chapman Trucks


$2.942.00


Frank Ford Truck


1.264.50


Glenn Staveley Truck


64.00


Glenn Staveley Tractor Mower


238.75.


Roy Elliott Gas Shovel


121.50


Rov Elliott Bulldozer


108.00


Roy Elliott Truck


54.00


$ 4,792.75


$ 4,407.42


W. E. Chapman


$ 658.00


Edward Drinan


579.90


William Clark


392.40


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Bernard Scott J. J. Sullivan Joseph Murphy


69.10


492.30


262.80


Edward Fahey


641.00


Lemuel Lohnes


398.70


Louis A. Parker


403.80


William Prince


188.10


Louis E. Parker


263.70


W. F. Dennen


. 4.80


Alfred Hill


43.20


Everett Smith


9.60


$ 4,40.40


Unexpended balance


$ .02


High Street Sidewalk Appropriation 1942


$ 975.00


William P. Proctor


$ 23.33


$ 23.33


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$ 951.67


W. E. Chapman


$ 33.00


W. E. Chapman Trucks


177.50


J. J. Sullivan


45.00


Joseph Murphy


65.40


Edward Fahey


6.60


Lemuel Lohnes


21.00


William Clark


24.00


Arthur Carkin


4.80


$ . 377.30


Unexpended balance


$ 574.37


Town Dump-Appropriated


$ 200.00


Roy Elliott


$


110.00


Bernard Scott


5.60


$ 115.60


Unexpended balance


$ 84.40


Bridges Unexpended Balance 1943


$ 3,000.83


William P. Proctor


$ 126.13


$ 126.13


$ 2,874.70


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W. E. Chapman and Truck William Clark


36.60


Joseph Murphy


33.80


Unexpended balance


$ 2,123.30


Machinery fund transferred for accumulated fund $ Balance, 1942


405.72


$ 1,005.12


Ralph Palmer


$ 47.23


E. C. Harney


8.92


C. F. Maynard


3.37


W. E. Leary


6.01


E. E. Richardson


13.51


Conant Machine Steel Co.


9.62


George A. Shattuck


6.42


$ 95.08


$ 910.64


Machinery Fund receipts :


$ 97.00


Chapter 81


80.00


W. E. Chapman use of equipment


102.05


$


279.05


Unexpected balance


1,189.69


Total reserve machinery fund


2.351.60


Unexpended Balance


Chapter 81


$ .02


Chapter 90 Maintenance


700.42


Bridges


2,723.30


General Highway


89.96


Snow and Ice


238.67


Townsend St. Sidewalk


1,175.00


High St. Sidewalk


574.37


Town Dump


84.40


W. P. A. Storm Drainage


2,649.16


$ 8,235.30


Respectfully submitted, W. E. CHAPMAN, Highway Surveyor.


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$ S1.00


$ 151.40


600.00


Chapter 90


Report of the Water Department For Year Ending December 31, 1943


Receipts


Sales of Water


$ 7,662.40


Sales of Material


12.30


.


Total receipts for 1913


$


2,674.40


Expenditures


Salaries and Transportation


$ 3,627.82


Service, Labor


31.73


Service, Material


535.63


Pumping Station No. 1, Labor


154.55


Pumping Station No. 1, Material


336.04


Pumping Station No. 1 Expense


1,479.17


Meters, new


61.20


Meters Maintenance


102.05


Pumping Station No. 2, Material


63.56


Water Commissioners


120.00


First National Bank, Collector


20.00


Sundry Account


193.08


Total Expenditures for 1943


$ 6,724.83


Signed,


OTTO B. OLSEN, GEORGE T. KEYES,


LYMAN F. ROBBINS


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Report of , Trustees of Lawrence Library


The Trustees of the Lawrence Library respectfully sub- mit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1943.


Organization


Chairman, Leon P. Richardson Secretary, Martha E. Smith


Gladys Johnson


Executive Committee


Walter Harrison Leon P. Richardson


Finance Committee


Walter Harrison


Leon P. Richardson Eugene R. Donnelly


Martha E. Smith


Book Committee


Mildred B. Day Gladys Johnson


The income from the investments will be found in the Treasurer's Report.


A new water line from the street to the building is needed.


The chimney must be repaired otherwise the building is in good condition, well cared for, and in order to carry on the present efficiency it will be necessary for the Town to ap- propriate the sum of Fourteen Hundred ($1,400.00) Dollars.


The Trustees wish to thank everyone who has helped to make this a successful year and especially those who have given Books and Magazines.


EUGENE R. DONNELLY, Acting Chairman.


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Report of Treasurer of Lawrence Public Library


Receipts


Cash on hand, Jan. 1st, 1943


$ 73.57


Coupons on Bonds :


Northern Pacific R. R.


$ 300.00


New York Central R. R.


245.00


Detroit Terminal R. R.


180.00


Bangor and Aroostook R. R.


120.00


Chicago and Indianapolis


80.00


New England Tel. & Tel.


100.00


Baltimore and Ohio


20.00


Government Bonds


25.00


$


1,120.00


Stocks :


First National Bank, Boston


100.00


Shawmut National Bank, Boston


22.00


Rockwood & Co.


102.00


$ 284.00


Town Appropriation


$


1,400.00


Series G. Government Bonds


125.00


From Baltimore and Ohio R. R.


320.00


From Use of Library Land


10.00


Cash from Old Bank


50.83


Interest from Banks :


Lowell 5c Bank


$ 33.13


Cambridge Bank


70.02


Worcester North Bank


68.60


North Middlesex, Ayer


46.30


Charlestown Bank


3.30


$ 221.34


$ 3,604.74


Payments


Librarian


$ 636.00


Assistant Librarian


541.50


Janitor


20.00


$


1,897.50


Fuel :


James Dunn


$ 187.00


Pepperell Grain Co.


169.54


$ 356.54


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Lights : 20.64


Middlesex County Electric Co.


Repairs Mrs. D. E. Weston C. A. Parker


24.05


5.60


$ 29.65


Book Binding :


Dura Binding Co.


9.30


L. A. Wells


1.80


$


11.10


Subscriptions :


Moore Cottrell, Inc.


53.00


H. W. Wilson Co.


11.75


Newsweek


2.50


Town's Public Spirit


2.50


$ 69.75


Sundry :


Pepperell Water Dept.


14.69


First Nat. Bank Pepperell


7.22


I. R. Wendall


31.50


Ralph Blood


7.00


A. W. Bartlett


3.55


Helen M. Wiley


1.98


Commercial Paste Co.


.90


Forest Press Co.


2.50


G. E. Boutwell


3.00


Books :


New England News Co.


6.83


Junior Literary Guild


31.16


Personal Book Shop


294.40


Modern Rental Library


13.54


G. C. Prince & Son, Inc.


6,70


Gaylord Bros.


11.30


H. R. Hunting Co.


16.21


Remington Rand, Inc.


6.00


Doubleday Doran & Co., Inc.


28.87


Ginn & Co.


5.82


Helen M. Wiley


2.08


Frontier Press Co.


1.66


E. M. Hale & Co.


2.88


Clare L. Tower


1.50


$ 428.95


$ 2,936.47


Unexpended balance


$ 668.27


$ 3,604.74


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$


72.34


SECURITIES OWNED BY LAWRENCE LIBRARY


10 Northern Pacific R. R. Bonds 3% due in 2042 $10,000.00


N. Y. Central R. R. Bonds, 312% due in 1998 2,000.00


4 Detroit Terminal Bonds 41/2% due in 1961 4,000.00


? New England Tel. & Tel. Bonds, 3% due in 1952 2,000.00


2 Baltimore & Ohio Bonds, 5% due in 1995 2,000.00


2 Chicago & Indianopolis Bonds, 4% due in 1993


2,000.00


? Bangor & Aroostook Bonds, 4% due in 1951


2,000.00


2 U. S. Government Bonds 3% due in 1955 2,000.00


1 U. S. Government Bond 3% due in 1955 500.00


5 U. S. Government Serial F Bonds 212% 5,000.00


Stocks and Bank Books


50 Shares First Nat. Bank, Boston 18 $ 2,400.00


14 Shares Shawmut Bank, Boston, 26 2,002.00


21 Shares Rockwood Pref. 66 1,386.00


20 Shares Rockwood Common 234 55.00


Worcester North, Fitchburg


3,430.00


Cambridge Savings Bank


2,801.28


North Middlesex Bank, Ayer


2,315.00


Lowell 5c Savings Bank


2,208.00


Charlestown Savings Bank


165.05


Respectfully submitted,


ADDISON WOODWARD,


Treasurer.


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Report of the Librarian of the Lawrence Public Library


To the Trustees of the Lawrence Memorial Library :


The Librarian respectfully submits the following report for the year 1943 :


Statistics


Circulation :


Number of days the library was open


200


Number of books circulated during the year


12,316


New patrons registered


70


Classified circulation of books: Adult.


General works


2-


Fine arts


72


Philosophy


25


Literature


227


Religion


4 History


429


Social science


104


Travel


289


Language


4 Biography


290


Science


43


Fiction


6,91;


Useful Arts


193


Magazines


1,119


Classified circulation : Juvenile


Social science


47


Literature 34


Language


1 History


12


Science


31


Travel


43


Useful arts


62


Biography


46


Fine arts


13


Fiction


2,304


The adult circulation was 9,723. The juvenile circulation was 2,593.


We have borrowed 18 books by Inter-library loan from other libraries.


Volumes in library according to the accession book


Jan. 1, 1943 25,383


Volumes added in 1943


By gift


16


By purchase


346


Volumes in library Jan. 1, 1944


25,745


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List of Magazines for 1944


American Magazine Atlantic Monthly


Book Review Digest Booklist


Nature Magazine Our Dumb Animals g. Pepperell Free Press


Child Life


Photoplay


Christian Century


Popular Mechanics


Congressional Record


Popular Science


Education for Victory


Reader's Digest


Flying


Reader's 'Guide to Periodicials


Good Housekeeping


Recruiting News g.


Harper's Magazine


Saturday Evening Post g.


House and Garden


Scientific American


Jack and Jill


Soviet Russia Today g.


Time


Turner's Public Spirit


Wilson's Bulletin


Zion's Herald g.


Ladies' Home Journal Life McCall's Magazine Madamoiselle


National Geographic


HELEN M. WILEY,


Librarian.


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Report of Middlesex County Extension Service


This is a report of the work of the Middlesex County Ex- tension Service in the Town of Pepperell for 1943.


Because of war conditions, the Staff of the Extension Ser- vice had to devote a great deal of time this year to overhead organization work pertaining to machinery rationing, food dis- tribution orders, farm labor and other regulations, as issued by our Government, and establishing the number of war units on certain farms for Selective Service Boards. An attempt was made to see to it that these regulations were explained and applied to local conditions.


Pepperell poultrymen have been sent information on price ceilings, the feed situation, and other emergency policies. Also, they have been sent circular material on up-to-date pro- duction practices. They have been advised concerning keep- ing records, improving ranges, disease control and reducing wastes. Many were visited concerning specific problems.


Assistance was given to dairy farmers in production qual- ity roughage and pasture improvement.


A meeting of interest to orchard owners was held at John Marks.


Judges were furnished for the Grange Fair. This fair was well arranged and showed some excellent quality.


The Extension Service group of homemakers met monthly with Mrs. Crowley as town chairman.


Food demonstrations on "Yeast Breads," and "Better Use of Vegetables" were held, as well as "Clothing Renovation" and "Mending" meetings.


Mrs. Leslie Smith was town chairman in 4-H work and also the leader of the home furnishing club. Other leaders, and their chosen projects were Mrs. Robert Curtis-Food and Canning ; Mrs. Duncan Wright-Handicraft; Mrs. Charles Patch-Sewing: Trescott Abele-Poultry; Carroll Rich- Dairy; Mrs. Charles Maynard-Handicraft. Miss Florence Flynn-Garden.


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There were 47 girls and 38 boys enrolled in the various projects, including eleven who raised pigs. Each club ex- hibited at a public exhibit held at the Grange Hall in May, and each club participated in the program.


Thomas Tierney was awarded third prize of $12 in the County Dairy Contest and Patricia Tierney and Ernest Shel- don fifth of $5 each in the Pig contest sponsored by Massachu- setts Society for Promoting Agriculture. Andrew Wilbur was awarded 25 chicks on his excellent poultry work. In the garden contest sponsored by the Middlesex North Agricultural Society, George Clifford was third, $2.00, and ribbons were awarded to Richard and William Blood, Walter Scott and Robert English.


TRESCOTT T. ABELE


Local Director.


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Report of Playground Committee For the Year Ending December 31, 1943.


The Playground Committee wishes to submit the follow- ing report for the year 1943. Although it did not get organ- ized until late in the season we have been pleased with the cooperation we have received to date.


The playground was used more this summer than in the past years because of the sudden interest that was taken in baseball. There were twenty-three games played in the Town League which furnished recreation for a great many people both young and old.


The older boys of the summer playground project used the field almost every afternoon. The grass was mowed sev- eral times which improved the playing conditions very much, but there is some work to be done on the infield as yet.


We have also learned that the skating rink adjacent to the playground is partly owned by the town, the line coming down about the middle of the area. This gives us an oppor- tunity, if sufficient funds are available, to improve conditions very much this summer, and thereby be prepared when winter comes around once more so that young and old may enjoy out- door sports throughout the year.


Respectfully submitted.


CHARLES F. MAYNARD. Chairman SERGIUS J. BERNARD. HERBERT L. THOMPSON. WALTER D. CROWLEY. MARGARET D. ABELE JOANNA PILLSBURY. MARY E. DAVIS MARY P. ROBBINS.


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The ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


OF THE


TOWN of PEPPERELL


MASSACHUSETTS


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LLIAM


PEPPERELL.


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For the Year Ending December 31 1943


ORGANIZATION FOR 1943


School Committee


Theodore W. Day. Townsend Harbor, Chairman


Term expires 1946


Lucy J. Spring, East Pepperell. Sec. Term expires 1945 George C. Howe, East Pepperell Term expires 1944


Superintendent of Schools


David C. Bowen, East Pepperell B. S. Dartmouth 1921 Ed. M., Harvard 1934


Telephone at C. M. Shattuck School Pepperell 22


Telephone at Residence Pepperell 42:


School Physician


Charles G. Heald, M. D., East Pepperell. Mass. (in gen- eral charge of diagnosis, first aid, sanitation, and certificates for return after communicable diseases.)


School Examiner


Abbott L. Winograd. M. D., Shea Building. Nashua. N. H. (Child Specialist ; in charge of annual physical examina- tion and pre-school clinic.)


School Nurse Mrs. Winifred Nagle. R. N., East Pepperell. Massachusetts. (Nurse of Pepperell District Nursing Association. )


Janitor Peter Fitzpatrick


Bus Drivers


Harold B. Olsen Oak Hill Harold C. Gilbert Nashua Road and North Pepperell South Road


Roger Ryan


Supervisor of Attendance Charles F. Maynard


No-School Signal (In charge of Carlton A. Burney)


At 1 :30 on fire alarm : Three blasts followed by three (33) means all schools, both high and elementary, will be closed all day.


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At 11 :30 on fire alarm : Same signal (33) means all schools both high and elementary, will continue in session until one o'clock and then close for the day.


No school will be broadcast from WLLH-Lowell, at ^:15 A. M. when the schools have to be closed.


SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1944


January 3-February 25


8 weeks


March 6-April 28


8 weeks


May 8-June 16


6 weeks


September 6-December 22


16 weeks


The schools will close on all legal holidays, the day after Thanksgiving, and the days allowed the teachers for conven- tions and visiting schools.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHOOL DEPT. 1943 December 31, 1943


Appropriation February, 1943


$ 46,900.00


Dog Tax 498.90


Total Resources


47,398.90


Total Expended


46,597.38


Balance December 31, 1943


801.52


Statement of Expenditures General Control


Salaries of School Committee $ 150.00


Other Expenses


25.15


Salary of Superintendent


1,753.98


Expense of Supt. (travel, postage, etc.)


344.03


2,213.16 $


Expenses of Instruction


Salaries of Supervisors


$ 935.00


Salaries of Teachers, High


14,310.94


Salaries of Teachers, Elem.


13,606.76


Textbooks, High


464.81


Textbooks, Elem.


243.54


Supplies, High


388.39


Supplies, Elem


244.71


$ 30,194.15


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School opens January 2


Expenses of Operation


Janitor, High


$ 1,299.96


Janitor, Elem.


1,395.67


Fuel, High


1,053.71


Fuel, Elem.


1,337.73


Misc. (light, water, telephone, soap,


Janitor's supplies ) High


805.56


Elem.


451.51


$ 6,344.20


Repairs and Replacements


High School


61.86


Elementary Schools


407.86


$ 469.12


Auxiliary Agencies


Health, Salaries, Expense


$


256.26


Transportation


4,500.00


Tuition at Trades Schools 23.70


$ 4,729.96


Outlays


New Grounds


$


1,293.28


New Equipment


1,242.91


Total Expenditures


Total Resources


Balance, December 31, 1943


A contract has been given for painting to the amount of $800.00 but since this work has not been finished the amount has not been paid, and it shows as part of our balance.


Reimbursements


Part I-General Sehool Fund $ 4,800.00


Part II-Mass. School Fund 10,729.87


Supt. Salary and Expenses 1,159.97


City of Boston Tuition 80.79


Mass. Dept. of Public Welfare Tuition 247.24


Vocational School Tuition 122.45


$ 17,140.32


BUDGET 1944


General Control


Salaries of School Committee $ 150.00


Other Expenses 50.00


Salary of Superintendent 1,820.00


Expenses of Superintendent (Travel, Postage, Census, Truant Officer, Printing) 370.00


$ 2,390.00


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$ 2,536.19 $ 46,597.38 47,398.90 801.52


Expenses of Instruction


Salaries of Supervisors


. $ 950.00


Salaries of Teachers 27,050.00


Textbooks, High School 475.00


Textbooks, Elementary Schools


250.00


Supplies, High School 425.00


Supplies, Elementary Schools


300.00


$ 29,450.00


Expenses of Operation


Janitor service, High School


$


1,300.00


Janitor service, Elementary Schools 1,400.00


Fuel, High School


1,400.00


Fuel, Elementary Schools 1,450.00


Miscellaneous (light, water, soap, towels, telephones, janitor's sup- plies )


High School 900.00


Elementary Schools


200.00


2,150.00 $


Repairs and Replacements


High School


$ 100.00


Elementary Schools


200.00


$ 300.00


Auxiliary Agencies


Health, Salary, and Expenses


$ 260.00


Transportation 4,500.00


Tuition at Trade and Vocational Schools 100.00


Outlays


$ 4,860.00


New Grounds


$ 800.00


New Equipment


200.00


Summer Playground


450.00


$ 1,950.00


$ 46,100.00


Respectfully submitted,


-


GEORGE C. HOWE. THEODORE W. DAY, LUCY J. SPRING,


School . Committee.


62


Report of the Superintendent of Schools


To the School Committee and the Citizens of the Town of Pepperell :


In my report for 1942 I mentioned a marked improvement in the attitude and morale of pupils in our schools. This year I am happy to report a continued improvement in the attitude of the pupils. I know of nothing in this world that would be considered perfect for everybody, and I make no claim that our school system is perfect, but all comments unfavorable to the school system or to individuals connected with it, which come to the ears of a pupil, do more harm than good and it is your town and your children that are affected. We can not expect to get 100% co-operation from pupils and parents, but we cer- tainly appreciate the fact that most of the individuals with whom we are dealing are trying to make things run smoothly. Most school administrators say that by far the greatest trou- ble in connection with schools come from the parents rather than from the children. If we all bear these facts in mind and realize that our own problem is only one of many that the schools are trying to solve, I am sure that we will con- tinue to show progress and improvement and in the long run will show good results with the large majority of pupils who are to be our future voting citizens.


PERSONNEL


A few weeks before school opened in September, Mr. Warren Fuller, sub-master in the High School, resigned to accept a position as principal in Upton. A rearrangement was made in our program, Mr. Trescott Abele was made sub- master and we were very fortunate in being able to get Mr. Dana Merrill as a teacher.


The other change in the High School faculty occurred as a result of the marriage of Miss Olga Anderson in June. Her position has been filled by Miss Winifred Paignon of Chelms- ford. a graduate of Lowell Teacher's College. Miss Paignon has been coaching the girls in basketball besides teaching a full program of subjects.




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